HB 2133 -- Coordinating Council on Special Transportation

Sponsor:  Baker (25)

This bill requires the Coordinating Council on Special
Transportation to:

(1)  Develop and maintain a consolidated inventory of all
transportation providers operating within the state;

(2)  Review and evaluate the transportation policies of each
agency to determine the most efficient methods for facilitating
the coordination of transportation services;

(3)  Make recommendations addressing the standards of financial
and activity reporting and the contents of interagency
agreements; and

(4)  Administer the Coordinated Specialized Transportation
Incentive Fund, which is created in the bill to be used solely
for the administration of two pilot projects.

The Department of Transportation is required to establish a pilot
project in Boone County and one in a third classification county
selected by the department.  To be eligible to receive moneys
from the fund, the two counties participating in the pilot
projects must establish in consultation with the individual
county's metropolitan planning organization or regional planning
commission an advisory transportation coordinating committee
which is required to submit to the coordinating council a plan
for cost-effective coordination of specialized transportation
services in the planning district or localities within the
planning district.  Single localities may appoint an advisory
transportation coordinating committee independent of the planning
district commission and receive specialized transportation
incentive funds if the locality is located in a regional planning
district in which all other localities are recipients of the
federal funds and subject to the provisions of the federal
Americans with Disabilities Act.  The advisory transportation
coordinating committee will oversee the coordination and
administration of the specialized transportation with human
services agencies; participating public transportation systems;
and, where appropriate, with private for-profit and
not-for-profit transportation providers.

The advisory transportation coordinating committees will be
composed of elderly and disabled persons, providers of
specialized transportation systems, participating public
transportation systems, and local private for-profit and
not-for-profit transportation providers.

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated November 29, 2006 at 9:45 am